Scott462 Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Super happy for Plekanec right now. He has been a playoff warrior for the Leafs, without him know knows if they even get this far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illWill Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 25 minutes ago, Scott462 said: Super happy for Plekanec right now. He has been a playoff warrior for the Leafs, without him know knows if they even get this far. I can't do it. It is like mutually breaking up with a girl and then you cheer her on as she starts dating a guy you hate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott462 Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 3 minutes ago, illWill said: I can't do it. It is like mutually breaking up with a girl and then you cheer her on as she starts dating a guy you hate. I get it. Personally I never really got behind the whole Leafs/Habs rivalry though. Toronto hasn’t been a threat for so long, I really stopped caring about them. Obviously fans and the media are super annoying. The Bruins though, now there is a rivalry I can get behind. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanpuck33 Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 4 in a row. Leave it to the Jackets to choke worse than the Caps. Bob laid an absolute egg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 I'm glad Boston and Toronto are going to seven games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMAC Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 1 hour ago, illWill said: I can't do it. It is like mutually breaking up with a girl and then you cheer her on as she starts dating a guy you hate. I realized during this Leafs/ Bruins series than under no circumstances, ever, will I cheer for the Leafs to win. Even typing Leafs and win in the same sentence feels wrong. I almost typed go Bruins but I can’t do that either....I am starting to hate Bergevi?. Go Knights! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfredoh2009 Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 11 hours ago, Scott462 said: Super happy for Plekanec right now. He has been a playoff warrior for the Leafs, without him know knows if they even get this far. Same here, seeing him do his thing on the final minutes and scoring the empty netter to plant the stake at the Bruins' heart : Priceless ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 10 hours ago, Fanpuck33 said: 4 in a row. Leave it to the Jackets to choke worse than the Caps. Bob laid an absolute egg. I'm actually happy for the Caps, a team that has suffered enough playoff misery to make it somewhat sympathetic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hab29RETIRED Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 2 hours ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said: I'm actually happy for the Caps, a team that has suffered enough playoff misery to make it somewhat sympathetic. Same here. And I hope they beat the Pens. I’m sick of the narrative that ovechkin doesn’t get it done in the playoffs. The guy is basically a point a game player. Just doesn’t have a Malkin to support him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 1 hour ago, hab29RETIRED said: Same here. And I hope they beat the Pens. I’m sick of the narrative that ovechkin doesn’t get it done in the playoffs. The guy is basically a point a game player. Just doesn’t have a Malkin to support him. The true issue with Washington has always been coaching. Trotz is overrated, Boudreau has been exposed several times, Oates was a numbskull, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanpuck33 Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 5 hours ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said: I'm actually happy for the Caps, a team that has suffered enough playoff misery to make it somewhat sympathetic. I'm rooting for the Caps out of the East now, but 19 years without a playoff series win for Columbus. That's not even sympathetic; it's pitiable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeLassister Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Pencil me in #TeamJets ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 I would be very happy to see the Capitals beat the Penguins, but the Penguins have a much better coach. I would be shocked to see the Caps outcoach the Penguins, which is why if they win, it's going to be a game seven overtime fight to the death. The winner of the Atlantic division might play cleanup after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 3 hours ago, Fanpuck33 said: I'm rooting for the Caps out of the East now, but 19 years without a playoff series win for Columbus. That's not even sympathetic; it's pitiable. Columbus has a real die-hard fan base - that's a REAL expansion success story, where the fans support the team even after two decades of futility. Screw this Las Vegas or Colorado Avalanche bull-dink where the city gets a stacked team, and screw this PHX-FLA bull-crap where useless and unloved franchises are kept on life support so Gary Butthead can prove a point. That said, there is a special kind of pathetic in seeing an all-time great player like Ovechkin, and teams that were stacked enough to win, failing over and over again in the playoffs. I delighted in seeing them fail when they were cocky youngsters (and especially in 2010!!) but by this point it's wince-inducing. Like the core in San Jose, they need a deep run to redeem their basic dignity and not have a huge shadow over their entire careers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 No Malkin or Hagelin for game 1 between Pittsburgh and Washington. Caps better win that game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanpuck33 Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 22 hours ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said: Columbus has a real die-hard fan base - that's a REAL expansion success story, where the fans support the team even after two decades of futility. Screw this Las Vegas or Colorado Avalanche bull-dink where the city gets a stacked team, and screw this PHX-FLA bull-crap where useless and unloved franchises are kept on life support so Gary Butthead can prove a point. That said, there is a special kind of pathetic in seeing an all-time great player like Ovechkin, and teams that were stacked enough to win, failing over and over again in the playoffs. I delighted in seeing them fail when they were cocky youngsters (and especially in 2010!!) but by this point it's wince-inducing. Like the core in San Jose, they need a deep run to redeem their basic dignity and not have a huge shadow over their entire careers. Well, they're supporting them now that they've made the playoffs two years in a row and are winning. The year before, they had the 4th worst attendance in the league and it was no problem to buy nosebleeds and then sneak into empty seats in the lower bowl, 10 rows back on the blue line. I'm a believer that it takes 20-30 years to truly grow a fan base in an area completely new to hockey, but the signs definitely don't look good in places like Florida and Phoenix. Kids that grew up on hockey are now getting to the age of being season ticket holders and taking their own kids to games, but that doesn't seem to be happening. Gosh, it was all the way back in 2010 when Montreal beat Washington and Pittsburgh. Can't believe it has been that long already! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trizzak Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Bruins with a dagger in the 3rd. It's no "4 - 1", but being held without a shot in the first 8 minutes of the 3rd and four unanswered goals to boot... man, I hope it messes with the Leafs psychologically forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCHabnut Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DDSaPPY1vdC8&ved=0ahUKEwjhhsjkhdfaAhUG8WMKHaAfA_0QwqsBCCQwAQ&usg=AOvVaw0NooCHi4nGETLVZVRyRGya This is why I wanted the leafs to lose. The bobby Orr goal that they spew out on cbc every day. The Henderson goal in 72. And mathews making the playoffs? Legendary stuff worthy of emotion and nostalgia. Suck on that one media! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Auston Matthews 1g 1a in 7 games Tomas Plekanec 2g 2a in 7 games Playoff Clutch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXx..CK..xXx Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 8 minutes ago, Commandant said: Auston Matthews 1g 1a in 7 games Tomas Plekanec 2g 2a in 7 games Playoff Clutch Didn’t you say that players aren’t clutch, they are just good? Pretty sure Matthews is good. Maybe Matthews isn’t clutch. On another note, I was at a Habs game in Phoenix a few years ago (6 now) and the crowd seemed pretty into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 12 minutes ago, xXx..CK..xXx said: Didn’t you say that players aren’t clutch, they are just good? Pretty sure Matthews is good. Maybe Matthews isn’t clutch. On another note, I was at a Habs game in Phoenix a few years ago (6 now) and the crowd seemed pretty into it. Last year, Matthews was clutch against Washington... this year he wasn't. So either he used to be clutch, and somehow lost that ability in one year, at the age of 20. Or You shouldn't take my jokes about small sample sizes too literally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 On sample sizes: Pacioretty has 19 points in 38 playoff games. Is 38 games a sufficient sample? It's half a season. As for the Leafs, it looked to me like Jake Gardiner was completely lost and contributed directly to a number of those disastrous goals. Maybe we can trade them Weber for Matthews Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hab29RETIRED Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 6 minutes ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said: On sample sizes: Pacioretty has 19 points in 38 playoff games. Is 38 games a sufficient sample? It's half a season. As for the Leafs, it looked to me like Jake Gardiner was completely lost and contributed directly to a number of those disastrous goals. Maybe we can trade them Weber for Matthews I’d even do Weber for Marner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXx..CK..xXx Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 2 hours ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said: On sample sizes: Pacioretty has 19 points in 38 playoff games. Is 38 games a sufficient sample? It's half a season. As for the Leafs, it looked to me like Jake Gardiner was completely lost and contributed directly to a number of those disastrous goals. Maybe we can trade them Weber for Matthews I think you answered your own question there. Half a season isn’t much of a sample size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 3 hours ago, hab29RETIRED said: I’d even do Weber for Marner. I'd do Weber for Nylander + Dermott + 1st, less if necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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